1981 Campeonato Profesional

Campeonato Profesional
Season1981
ChampionsAtlético Nacional (4th title)
Matches365
Goals925 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerVíctor Hugo del Río (29)
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The 1981 Campeonato Profesional was the thirty-fourth season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Junior won the league for the fourth time after winning the Cuadrangular final.[1]

Teams

Team City Stadium
América Cali Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Alfonso López
Atlético Nacional Medellín Atanasio Girardot
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander
Deportes Quindío Armenia San José de Armenia
Deportes Tolima Ibagué Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Deportivo Cali Cali Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas
Independiente Medellín Medellín Atanasio Girardot
Junior Barranquilla Romelio Martínez
Millonarios Bogotá El Campín
Once Caldas Manizales Palogrande
Santa Fe Bogotá El Campín
Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Eduardo Santos

Torneo Apertura

Pos Team P W D L GF GA Pts Notes
1 América 26 15 8 3 42 21 38 Advance to Group A and Semi-final quadrangulars
2 Millonarios 26 14 7 5 46 28 35 Advance to Group A and Semi-final quadrangulars
3 Atlético Nacional 26 13 7 6 41 32 33 Advance to Group A
4 Deportivo Cali 26 11 7 8 35 22 29 Advance to Group A
5 Deportes Quindío 26 9 9 8 28 29 27 Advance to Group A
6 Unión Magdalena 26 9 9 8 23 28 27 Advance to Group A
7 Cúcuta Deportivo 26 9 7 10 30 36 25 Advance to Group A
8 Deportivo Pereira 26 6 12 8 29 32 24 Advance to Group B
9 Santa Fe 26 6 11 9 36 40 23 Advance to Group B
10 Atlético Bucaramanga 26 7 9 10 29 37 23 Advance to Group B
11 Independiente Medellín 26 7 8 11 26 36 22 Advance to Group B
12 Junior 26 6 9 11 19 26 21 Advance to Group B
13 Once Caldas 26 7 6 13 32 41 20 Advance to Group B
14 Deportes Tolima 26 6 7 13 21 29 19 Advance to Group B

Torneo Finalización

Group A

Pos Team P W D L GF GA Pts Notes
1 Deportes Quindío 21 8 9 6 33 31 25 Advance to Semi-final quadrangulars
2 Deportivo Cali 21 9 5 7 32 26 23 Advance to Semi-final quadrangulars
3 Unión Magdalena 21 9 5 7 24 25 23
4 Atlético Nacional 21 8 5 8 28 27 21
5 Cúcuta Deportivo 21 5 11 5 29 33 21
6 Millonarios 21 5 9 7 20 25 19
7 América 21 8 2 11 31 30 18

Group B

Pos Team P W D L GF GA Pts Notes
1 Deportes Tolima 21 10 7 4 29 20 27 Advance to Semi-final quadrangulars
2 Junior 21 8 8 5 34 29 24 Advance to Semi-final quadrangulars
3 Once Caldas 21 8 5 8 32 32 21
4 Atlético Bucaramanga 21 7 6 8 23 25 20
5 Santa Fe 21 6 6 9 31 33 18
6 Independiente Medellín 21 6 6 9 25 29 18
7 Deportivo Pereira 21 4 8 9 26 32 16

Aggregate table

The overall standings combining results from both the Torneo Apertura and Torneo Finalización determined the remaining qualifiers for the semi-final quadrangulars.

Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 América de Cali 47 23 10 14 73 51 +22 56 Qualified via Apertura
2 Atlético Nacional 47 21 12 14 69 59 +10 54 Qualified via Aggregate table
3 Millonarios 47 19 16 12 66 53 +13 54 Qualified via Apertura
4 Deportivo Cali 47 20 12 15 67 48 +19 52 Qualified via Finalización
5 Deportes Quindío 47 17 18 12 61 60 +1 52 Qualified via Finalización
6 Unión Magdalena 47 18 14 15 47 54 −7 50 Qualified via Aggregate table
7 Deportes Tolima 47 16 14 17 42 49 −7 46 Qualified via Finalización
8 Cúcuta Deportivo 47 14 18 15 59 69 −10 46 Advance to Copa Colombia
9 Junior 47 14 17 16 53 55 −2 45 Qualified via Finalización
10 Atlético Bucaramanga 47 14 15 18 52 62 −10 43 Advance to Copa Colombia
11 Once Caldas 47 15 11 21 63 73 −10 41 Advance to Copa Colombia
12 Santa Fe 47 12 17 18 67 73 −6 41 Advance to Copa Colombia
13 Deportivo Pereira 47 10 20 17 55 64 −9 40 Advance to Copa Colombia
14 Independiente Medellín 47 12 14 21 50 66 −16 38 Advance to Copa Colombia

Semi-final quadrangulars

Group A

Pos Team P W D L GF GA Pts Notes
1 América 6 4 1 1 12 1 9 Advance to Final quadrangular
2 Junior 6 4 1 1 11 9 9 Advance to Final quadrangular
3 Millonarios 6 1 1 4 5 12 3 Advance to Copa Colombia
4 Unión Magdalena 6 1 1 4 3 9 3 Advance to Copa Colombia

Group B

Pos Team P W D L GF GA Pts Notes
1 Deportes Tolima 6 2 4 0 6 4 8 Advance to Final quadrangular
2 Atlético Nacional 6 2 3 1 8 4 7 Advance to Final quadrangular
3 Deportivo Cali 6 2 2 2 10 9 6 Advance to Copa Colombia
4 Deportes Quindío 6 0 3 3 3 10 3 Advance to Copa Colombia

Copa Colombia

Main article: Copa Colombia

The Copa Colombia was played as an additional part of the league championship. Draws were decided by penalty shoot-out, with winners obtaining 2 points and losers none.[2]

First stage

The six clubs that had not qualified for the Cuadrangulares played a round-robin tournament. Independiente Medellín advanced to the final as winners.

Second stage

The four clubs eliminated in the Cuadrangulares played a round-robin tournament. Deportivo Cali advanced to the final as winners.

Final

Team 1 1st leg 2nd leg Team 2
Independiente Medellín 3–1 1–1 Deportivo Cali

Final quadrangular

Pos Team P W D L GF GA Pts Notes
1 Atlético Nacional 6 3 2 1 7 6 8 Qualified for 1982 Copa Libertadores
2 Deportes Tolima 6 2 2 2 10 9 6 Qualified for 1982 Copa Libertadores
3 América 6 1 3 2 6 8 5
4 Junior 6 1 3 2 10 10 5

References

  1. ^ "Colombia 1981". RSSSF.
  2. ^ "Colombia – Copa Colombia History". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
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